supplied by Mark Little
Len Smith… Is that Paul Ray in centre?
Colin Fox… Yes and Graham McCullam second from right
John Kitcher… I joined them after Night Games
Paul Watson… Paul Ray, legend! Bless him.
Graham Thatcher… Colin Fox 2nd from right is Graham Thatcher
photo: Phil Sellens
Stuart Moir… Then along came the PC brigade and complained that they were mal nourished badly treated and didn’t want to do what was asked but if that was the case the donkey would have been able to object by stopping and we all know how hard it would have been to make it move
Colin Fox… I think they also said that they had to get insurance in case anyone got hurt.
Dizz Corinne Ryder… I used to spend my pocket money on them and the trampolines!
Tony Court-holmes… did not like
Wendy Weaver… I remember where they used to stand – my dog used to make straight for that area to roll in the poo and then we’d have to take him straight home for a bath
Pete Houghton… It’s was a shame it stopped the were treated with respect as someone said if they did not want to move they would not and they walked on sand
Nicola Barfield… Omg bring my childhood back from when we came from Germany to here to see nanny donkeys shops etc on pier the old bathing pool distant memories such a shame bring fun revenue to the town in a positive way
Jack Irving… Poor donkeys.
Kev Carleonis… Pure cruelty
Coco Pops… The Chimps were bad enough I never saw the poor Donkeys.
ticket supplied by Robert Wren
Robert Wren… Hastings Pier gig gets a mention about 21.56 minutes in http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009pdfz
Martin Curcher… I was there!
Samuel Freeman… Was working in the bar that night it was manic
Alan Harmer… Are you looking to buy this album? If so check out http://www.discogs.com I have just listed a very clean almost mint copy under Slip Disc Records
Jim Breeds… Lovely. I’m not going to buy it, but I wanted to take a look at the listing – I don’t know what the Slip Disc reference is as it seems to have no connection with the listing but I searched for the LP title and here is Alan’s listing http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/189891373
Pete Titchener… I can provide a digital copy if anyone is interested.
poster supplied by Andrew Clifton ticket supplied by Robert Wren
ad supplied by Sarah Harvey
Alan Esdaile… .Packed gig and as wildly reported here, he left the stage half through a song which I think was ‘Alison’.
Andrew Clifton…. found this on Wikipedia. Elvis Costello when asked Can you remember any shows of yours that were spectacularly good or bad? It’s not for me to say which were the good shows, However, I do remember a concert a few years ago which would have been a nearly perfect combination of songs if I’d played “Suit Of Lights” at the end — but then I’d have had to stop performing. This is why a show is preferable to records: any night may yield the best version of a song — that is, up until the next night. Needless to say, there were a number of occasions, back in the day, where one or other member of the band was either too tired or emotional to complete the show. I could name names but at the risk of reading like one of those tired old rehashes that are the stock-in-trade of a “rival publication,” I will only mention this one evening when I was at fault. You did ask. Following a lunchtime stop in Folkestone at which half a case of wine was demolished, plus an afternoon “nap” and early evening “livener” of several pints of strong cider into which were dropped shot glasses of navy rum — for those of you who want to order one, it’s called a “Depth Charge” — and God knows what else, I completely forgot the words of “Alison” and had to be led from a stage at the end of Hastings Pier, in 1980. I still refuse to play over water to this day.
Mick O’Dowd….This was a classic concert with a force 6/7 blowing outside. The joint was shakin’, literally. Must have been a near sell-out. Tickets are cheaper for this gig than the £45 asking for De La Warr concert next year(2014)!
Bobby Walker… And my friend thought he left the stage because she was stood right up the front and was talking during “Alison”. Was this before or after Langer was in Deaf School? He and Winstanley became one of the great production teams of the late 70s / early 80s.
Michael Wilson….I’ve still got mine the the Costello gig. A great night on the pier and waiting for a train back to Bexhill afterwards
Mick Mepham….Doh! Didn’t get to see that one dammit!
Mick O’Dowd….Hard luck Mick. It was a classic and probably a sell-out as well!Anybody remember who the support was?
Michael Wilson….Clive Langer and the Boxes support I think he also produce the album ‘Get Happy’
Jim Hobbs…. Clive Langer and the Boxes. They were great, but I think Elvis cut his set short during ‘Alison’, he looked a bit ‘ill’.
Andrew Clifton….He went off stage and left the band playing then returned to the stage to play but not for very long. I do remember him saying something like “if you don’t stop dancing we will go through the floor into the sea.”
Recorded at Park Gates studio, Catsfield, Sussex (August 10th 1980). Produced by Ike Nossel, Mastered by Martyn Baker.
Song & Vocal – Stephen Winterbottom, Guitar & Backing Vocal – Martin (Hawk) Luckhurst,
Bass – Martyn Baker, Keyboards – Ashley Pepper, Drums – Kevin Hoad.
supplied by Karen
Mike Wright…. Where do you get these great posters ?? And the entrance fee is so cheap on all of them……If you ever come across photos or cuttings featuring a group called FUMBLE you will make my day. They played Hastings Pier as support to Gary Glitter on 10th May 1980.
also they have a great website… www.fumbleontheweb.com
supplied by Bernard Jeffery
With Bernard Jeffery, going under the name of Bernie Smirnoff! Also featured Paul Boyle, George Sweeney & Brian Foley.
Bernard Jeffery….Dublin band only lasted a few years but it was fun
Ken Copsey….Surely the originator of the ‘Haim’ bass face?
